Alicante/Alacant · Comunidad Valenciana
Dénia
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz.
Living in Dénia
Dénia is a Costa Blanca port town of 48,000 at the foot of the Montgó massif, a beach-hopping base with a Moorish castle above and a UNESCO-recognised seafood cuisine. It's one of the coast's most international towns: only about three in five residents are Spanish-born, and it holds well over a thousand British, a thousand German and 500 Dutch residents — a deeply settled foreign community. The climate is classic Costa Blanca: dry, hot summers near 31°C, mild winters around 12°C. It has its own hospital and beaches on the doorstep; the trade-off is that Alicante airport is nearly an hour and a half away, with Gandia the nearest larger town at forty minutes.
Dénia's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Dénia's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 94% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 88 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.65/m²·mo
Higher than 93% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 3.78 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.65/m²·mo
Higher than 91% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 3 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 24
- PISA maths (region) 473
- Registered long-let rent €6.65/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 88% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 3 km from the sea and 47,568 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 84 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.65/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
Higher than 79% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 3 km from the sea and 47,568 people.
- Registered long-let rent €6.65/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,954
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
Higher than 56% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 3 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
- Rainy days a year 39 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 110
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
What is the climate like in Dénia?
Dénia's reported winter average is 12.5°C, while July–August highs reach 31.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 12.5°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.3°C bottom 34% of 8,131 towns 1.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 39 days top 4% of 8,088 towns 44% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 110 bottom 15% of 8,033 towns 53 above the Spanish average (56)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0.77 ha/km² bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 1.54 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 4 bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 2 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 25.1% bottom 24% of 8,130 towns 2.2% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Dénia?
Dénia's nearest health centre is 5.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 0 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 5.1 km top 28% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Dénia?
Dénia has 24 schools in town; the nearest international school is 14 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 13% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Dénia?
Dénia's reported home price is €2,842/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.65/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,842/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 24% of 306 towns 29% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.65/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.83/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 2.81% bottom 3% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,954 bottom 29% of 8,059 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.1% top 37% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Dénia?
the Valencia region has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Valencia region region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Dénia?
Dénia's reported population is 47,568.
Who lives here
- Population
- 47,568
- Born in Spain
- 63.5% 25.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 12.9% 9% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.78 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Dénia?
Dénia is a reported 84 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 84 min bottom 40% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 41% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 33% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Dénia fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Dénia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 42 min from Gandia, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Dénia for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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